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9088672

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-6-19
pubmed:abstractText
Is routine hemithyroidectomy justified in laryngectomy for laryngeal carcinoma? Hemithyroidectomy with laryngectomy causes hypothyroidism in up to 25% of patients, and if combined with radiotherapy, in up to 70%. In this review of 102 total laryngectomies with routine hemithyroidectomy for cT3 glottic carcinoma, laryngeal carcinoma involved the thyroid gland in two. Both had subglottic tumour extension. The tumour approached within 3 mm of the thyroid capsule in seven. It is proposed that thyroidectomy should be performed only in selected laryngeal carcinomas. Intraoperative assessment of the thyroid gland should determine the need for thyroidectomy in glottic and transglottic carcinomas. Carcinoma invasion of the thyroid gland should be confirmed by frozen section before proceeding to thyroidectomy. In the absence of thyroid gland involvement, both thyroid lobes may be preserved. Total thyroidectomy should be performed if the thyroid gland has been invaded. Total thyroidectomy should be routinely performed with subglottic carcinomas.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0307-7772
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
7-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-5-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Management of the thyroid gland with laryngectomy for cT3 glottic carcinomas.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Otolaryngology, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article